Balkans Campaign: CMPs in Greece?

[Peter Mossong]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

In New Zealand in the Second World War - To Greece I found some pictures proving the New Zealanders did use CMP trucks in Greece.

Who knows which types they were supplied with: 15, 30, 60-cwt? Ford, Chevrolet or both makes?

H.

I've been unable to source what CMP vehicles were issued to No.6 Field ( and the NZ Division), but have attached a further enlargement from the 6th Field photo at Molos. Hard to tell if Ford or Chevy!

Both General Motors and Ford here in New Zealand assembled CMP's from CKD kits supplied from Canada, but I've not been able to find whether they were sent to Egypt, or remained in New Zealand.
Further 'digging' is required!!!

Cheers,
Pete M.

[cliff]

A lot of the first 'Issue' of CMP type vehicles to The New Zealand Division in the Middle East were vehicles shipped direct to Egypt under British Order numbers and 'sold' to the NZ government by the British.

A few #11 cab F30, 134in WB GS trucks without the vents have turned up in New Zealand over the past few years. The 'Puddle Jumpers' - the 2lb anti-tank gun carriers (later converted to GS trucks post war) were 12 cab Chevrolets.

From past memory New Zealand took all surviving trucks under their command when hostilities ceased in Europe back to NZ. Most of the GM NZ assembled trucks may have been the C8AX but I am not entirely sure if this is correct .

Hope this helps

[Peter Mossong]

Originally Posted by cliff

A lot of the first 'Issue' of CMP type vehicles to The New Zealand Division in the Middle East were vehicles shipped direct to Egypt under British Order numbers and 'sold' to the NZ government by the British.

A few #11 cab F30, 134in WB GS trucks without the vents have turned up in New Zealand over the past few years. The 'Puddle Jumpers' - the 2lb anti-tank gun carriers (later converted to GS trucks post war) were 12 cab Chevrolets.

From past memory New Zealand took all surviving trucks under their command when hostilities ceased in Europe back to NZ. Most of the GM NZ assembled trucks may have been the C8AX but I am not entirely sure if this is correct .

Hope this helps

Hi Cliff. Not just the C8AX...

Taken at General Motors Petone factory in 1940 from the New Zealand National Archives

Ref: 1/2-036839-F

Chevrolet 4x4 truck used by the army. Photograph taken by Gordon Burt, circa 1940.

I have searched, and there were no further relevant listings by this photographer in the archives..I'm sure he wouldn't have just taken the one photo!!! Still, It's a real beauty.

If anyone would like a higher resolution copy, then I have posted one to my Dropbox public folder..it's a .tiff file of 9.1megs. Credit to NZ National Archives, but for discussion purposes only, not for further publication!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ebhxu62jid...20cab.tif?dl=0

Cheers,
Pete M.